Fish-hook.



. Patented Feb, 26, 19m;- F. n. PARDON.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK H. PARDON, OF OWENSBORO, KENTUCKY.

FISH-HOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 668.658. dated February26, 1901. Application filed June 13, 1900. serial No. 20;157 lNo model.)

To all whom, it may concern: I Be it known that I, FRANK H. PARDON, ofOweusboro, in the county of Daviess, State of Kentucky,have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in-Fish-Hooks, of which thefollowing is a complete specification, reference being had tobtheaccompanying drawlugs.

The object of my invention is to produce a composite fish-hookconsisting of a plurality of hooks, one of which is adapted to hangpendent, in the ordinary manner, and another under tension of a pullupon the firstnamed hook to close with force toward the same and gaffthe fish. Heretofore fish-hooks of this general class have eitherrequired resetting after each operation or have depended for automaticaction upon the operation of a spring adapted to produce separation ofthe hooks. The use of a spring is objectionable in practice'for a numberof reasons, the chief of which is that it is impracticable by the use ofa spring to provide for a sufficient opening or separation of the pointsof the cooperating hooks. By my invention, while I substitute acounterweight for a spring, I do not employ merely the substitution ofone member for its equivalent, but by the use of a counterweight am notonly enabled to ob-' viate the practical objections to which the use ofa spring is exposed, providing especially for a wide opening orseparation of the points of the hooks, but also dispose of thecounterweight in such a manner as to compel it to perform the doublefunction of a counterweight for the operation of the hooks and a sinkerfor the line.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure I is a side elevation of apreferred form of my hook, the parts thereof being shown open in fulllines and the gaff-hook closed in dotted lines. Fig. II is a similarview of a slightlymodified form of the device shown in Fig. I. Fig. IIIis a view similar to Fig. I, showing a modification of thesubject-matter of Fig. I; and Fig. IV illustrates in like manneramodification of the subject-matter of Fig.- III.

Referring to the numerals on the drawings, attention being firstdirected to Fig. I, 1 indicates the shank, as of an ordinary fishhook,hereinafter called the pendent hook, and 2 the upturned barbed end orhook 'ancing of the hook may require.

proper thereof. To the shank 1, as by a pitoral' connection 3, is unitedthe shank 4 of that which I shall for the purpose of distinctiondesignate as a gaff-hook, which terminates in a barbed upturned end orhook proper, 5. The angle at which the barbed end 5 is disposed to theshank 4 of the gaffhook may be varied as preferred, it being desirablein some instances to dispose the end 5 in line with the arc 'of itsmovement upon its center or pivotal connection 3. The pivotal connection3 is located midwise with respect to the shanks 1 and 4, at such partsthereof, respectively, as the weight and bal- The shank 1 terminates inan eyelet 6, through which is threaded the line 7, that is movablysecured, as by a'ring 8, to the shank 4. The ring Sis adapted to slideupon the shank 4 between the pivotal connection 3 and the counterweight9, with which the end of the shank 4 is provided.

In practice the parts hang as shown in full lines in Fig. I, thecounterweight 9 serving to hold the hook 5 well separated from the hook2, the ring 8 being drawn snugly against the pivotal connection 3. Inthis position the counterweight 9 also serves to hold the shank 1 in thevertical position, substantially in line with the line 7. This form ofhook is preferred, because, owing to the sliding connection afiorded bythe ring 8, a mere nibble will not actuate the gaff-hook; but asubstantial pull upon it will cause the ring 8 to slide toward thecounterweight 9 and cause the barbed end 5 of the gaff-hook to drivewith force toward the book 2 upon which the fish is pulling. It may beobserved that as soon as the tension upon the hook 2 is relieved theparts being suspended from the line 7 drop into position shown in fulllines in Fig. I.

The modification shown in Fig. II differs only from the device shown inFig. I in that the line 12 is secured to a fixed ring 13 in the shank 14of the gaff-hook. For purposes of distinction it may be specified thatthe gaffhook is provided with a barbed end 15 and that it is united by apivotal connection 16 with the shank 17 of the pendent hook, which isprovided at one extremity with the barbed end 18 and at the other withthe eyelet 19,

through which the line 12 passes. 20 indicates a counterweightcorresponding to the counterweight 9. The operation of this form of mydevice is substantially the same as that of the form of embodiment of myinvention shown in Fig. I, except that through the employment of thefixed ring 13 the gait-hook is more delicately balanced and adapted toclose under less tension upon the hook 18 than the gaff-hook shown inFig. I.

In Fig. III the line is shown as connected to the hook but in one place.Otherwise the principle of the device is substantially the same. In thatfigure, 21 indicates the shank, and 22 the barbed end, of the pendenthook, the other end of which is pivotally united, as indicated at 23, tothe one end of the shank 24 of the gaflf-hook, the other end of whichterminates in the barbed end 25. To the end of the shank 24 on the sideof the pivotal connection 23 opposite the barbed end 25 is provided thecounterweight 26, between which and the pivotal connection 23, asindicated at 28, the line 27 is fastened. It will be apparent uponinspection of Fig. III, in view of the preceding specification, that apull upon the barbed end 22 of the pendent hook will drive the point 25of the gait-hook toward it. The location of the point of connectionbetween the line 27 and the hook 24 determines the extent to which thegaff-hook in this form of embodiment of my invention will be separatedfrom the pendent hook. In the form of embodiment of the invention shownin Fig. III the hooks hang substantially at right angles to each other;but by changing the proportions and relative arrangement slightly, as

Weighted,of means for fixingaline to the counterweighted hook in such amanner as to movably support the two hooks in relatively open positions,in which a pull upon the pendent hook will actuate the other,substantially as set forth.

2. A composite fish-hook consisting of the combination with a pair ofhooks and a pivotal connection uniting the two, one of the hooks beingprovided with a shank extending beyond the pivotal connection, of acounterweight upon the end of the extended shank, and means for securinga line to said extended shank between the pivotal connection and thecounterweight, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination with a pair of pivotallyunited hooks and means forautomatically separating the points of said hooks, of means upon one ofthe hooks for securing a line di rectly thereto, and upon the other forengaging said line, whereby a pull upon one hook is adapted to actuatethe other, substantially in the manner and for the purpose specified.

4. The combination witha pairot' pivotallyunited hooks, providedrespectively with shanks extending beyond the point of pivotalconnection, of a counterweight and means for securing a line to one ofthe said extended shanks, and means upon the other extended shank forengaging said line, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination with a pair of pivotallyunited hooks, respectivelyprovided with shanks extending beyond the pivotal connection, of acounterweight upon one of said extended shanks, means for slidablyuniting a line to the counterweighted shank, and means upon the otherextended shank for engaging said line, substantially as set forth.

In testimony of all which I have hereunto subscribed my name.

FRANK H. PARDON.

Witnesses:

D. H. BROWN, L. H. MAHAN.

